Some hip hop manages to stand taller than other offerings of the genre. This is such an album. It has a lot of focus on the musical aspect, which really contributes to the greatness. In addition, there is a lot of variety to the raps. You can usually expect parental advisories for the lyrics in hip hop. This one gets more than most and some pretty extreme ones. If you are easily offended, you will probably want to avoid this. However, if are more open minded and like some good hip hop, you really should give this a try. If I had to sum it up with one word, I'd say "inventive."

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